New Layout

[Daeluin]

The mobile/tablet menu doesn't seem to take advantage of the space at the top that it could; there is extra space for both mail and activity icons, but instead the notifications for both mail and activity are combined and shown over the menu icon:

 

This makes one open the menu bar before knowing if they received mail or it it is just normal activity:

 

I don't see any options at all related to the mobile menu / layout, so not sure if this can be changed.

 

I'll open a support request to see if they are able to help with this. Since the Activity and Mail buttons in the menu both open new pop-up windows, I don't see why they can't both be displayed in the free space in the main menu... might be a theming thing we can get Sean to do as well, since there is no mobile menu manager in the ACP.

[Daeluin]

Yep needs to be done in theming, support won't help.

 

This is more code theming than CSS, but I'll see if I can find where in the code those buttons are and try to move them... this is more code hacking, which I might be able to accomplish, we'll see!

[Daeluin]

OK, hacking complete, here's what we we've got now:

 

 

• The activity and messenger icons that show up inside the menu were copied to the main nav bar (and the report icon if you're a mod).
• And the combined notifications that used to show up in the menu icon (one the right) are now disabled.
• The bar inside the menu was left as-is.

It is highly possible this crude copy/paste of code from one place to another introduce a code-bug, if any of this code is tied into other places with expectations I'm not aware of. Please let me know if there is anything broken now!!!

 

Also, it is possible that for users with smaller devices, the menu is more awkward...

 

please let me know if this is the case!

 

 

 

@Trunk Does this work better for you?

 

 

[Marblehead]

Just keep the site on line.  I'll find a way to work with the rest of it.

 

Edited May 26, 2017 by Marblehead

[cold]

17 minutes ago, Marblehead said:

Just keep the site on line.  I'll find a way to work with the rest of it.

 

[Trunk]

1 hour ago, Daeluin said:

 

@Trunk Does this work better for you?

 

Much better, thanks!

(Both on my pc and my iPhone: works!    )

[silent thunder]

1 hour ago, Daeluin said:

OK, hacking complete, here's what we we've got now:

 

 

• The activity and messenger icons that show up inside the menu were copied to the main nav bar (and the report icon if you're a mod).
• And the combined notifications that used to show up in the menu icon (one the right) are now disabled.
• The bar inside the menu was left as-is.

It is highly possible this crude copy/paste of code from one place to another introduce a code-bug, if any of this code is tied into other places with expectations I'm not aware of. Please let me know if there is anything broken now!!!

 

Also, it is possible that for users with smaller devices, the menu is more awkward...

 

please let me know if this is the case!

 

 

 

@Trunk Does this work better for you?

 

 

*deep bow* 

you have strong gung fu sir.

[Daeluin]

40 minutes ago, silent thunder said:

*deep bow* 

you have strong gung fu sir.

 

Honestly I think it is more being in the right place at the right time.

 

There have been many blocks to delving deeper into a computer career, because that is not really my path. Here I am perhaps able to do what needs to be done, and it just falls into place. More like I am just a vessel, poking in one direction, then another, to see where the openings are.

 

The above change involved one copy-paste and one cut, and some testing first. I could do it because I had access, because I looked, and because it was easy. That is all.

 

Recently I started poking in the direction of massage/healing arts, and found many openings there, so I am happily on the road to leaving computer things behind.

[dawei]

3 hours ago, Daeluin said:

OK, hacking complete, here's what we we've got now:

 

 

 

Nice change for smaller devices.

 

 

Also, we've moved the PPDs to the bottom of the Pavilion so not so much scrolling is needed on small devices.

 

 

[dawei]

A new top division was setup as THE TENT with:

- Forum Tech Support

- Local Meetups

- PPD

 

With just three sub-areas inside each top Division you can choose to collapse a division from view without affecting too many of the forum areas.  My guess is some will occasionally collapse this, particularly on smaller devices.

[dawei]

 

On 5/17/2017 at 4:55 PM, Brian said:

Yeah, but you have to remember their names and the proper format for the string.  I never bother with fonts here so...

Let's see!

 

Test

Test 2

 

EDIT: Yep, that works. (Ariel and then Courrier)

 

EDIT2: Used to have a button to toggle between plain-text editor and WYSIWYG, too...

 

Although we do have fonts back, curious how you did it manually...  Did you actually type the below out ?

 

Quote

 

<p>
    <span style="font-family:ariel;">Test </span>
</p>

<p>
    <span style="font-family:ariel;"><span style="font-family:courier;">Test 2 </span></span>
</p>
 

 

As you can see... it just shows the codes instead of rendering them.

 

[Brian]

1 hour ago, dawei said:

 

 

Although we do have fonts back, curious how you did it manually...  Did you actually type the below out ?

 

 

As you can see... it just shows the codes instead of rendering them.

 

No, just [ font=Ariel] & [ /font] (without the spaces...)

[Marblehead]

Did we all loose our friends when the system changed?

 

[dawei]

5 hours ago, Marblehead said:

Did we all loose our friends when the system changed?

 

 

Do you mean this comment I raised?

 

 

[Apech]

6 hours ago, Marblehead said:

Did we all loose our friends when the system changed?

 

 

 

You had friends!?!

[Daeluin]

7 hours ago, Marblehead said:

Did we all loose our friends when the system changed?

 

Friends became followers.

 

There was the option to convert friends to followers, but this was not chosen, as we cannot know if our old "friends" would want to but suddenly bombarded with notifications of every post by each of these people, as this was not a feature of "friends" previously.

 

Easy enough to add new follows. But no, there is now no longer a friends feature.

[dawei]

21 hours ago, dawei said:

A new top division was setup as THE TENT with:

- Forum Tech Support

- Local Meetups

- PPD

 

With just three sub-areas inside each top Division you can choose to collapse a division from view without affecting too many of the forum areas.  My guess is some will occasionally collapse this, particularly on smaller devices.

 

Someone reported not seeing the new area.  The permissions got crossed on shuffling some forum areas. 

 

The layout should look like this and if not, let us know:

 

THE COURTYARD

- Welcome

- General Discussion

- Daoist Discussion

 

THE GARDEN

- Nuwa

- Grotto

- Fuxi

 

THE PAVILION

- The Rabbit Hole

- Off-Grid

- Chaos

 

THE TENT

- Forum / Tech

- Local meetups

- PPD

[liminal_luke]

Now, when someone thanks me, my computer alerts me with a little ding.  If I happen to be on another page, a little notice appears at the bottom of my page alerting me to the activity.  That`s nice but I think we can take it further.  I think it should be like at a casino: multiple thanks should be like hitting the jackpot.  Lets add flashing lights, celebratory jingles, the sound of thousands of coins coming down the chute.

[Marblehead]

1 hour ago, dawei said:

 

Do you mean this comment I raised?

 

Yeah, that's one of the posts I missed.  Thanks.

 

[Marblehead]

1 hour ago, Apech said:

 

 

You had friends!?!

I don't think so.  It was a question another member asked me and I had no answer for them.

 

[cold]

44 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

Now, when someone thanks me, my computer alerts me with a little ding.  If I happen to be on another page, a little notice appears at the bottom of my page alerting me to the activity.  That`s nice but I think we can take it further.  I think it should be like at a casino: multiple thanks should be like hitting the jackpot.  Lets add flashing lights, celebratory jingles, the sound of thousands of coins coming down the chute.

 

So you don't think this place is addictive enough?

Free drinks and funny cigarettes anyone?

[Apech]

2 minutes ago, Marblehead said:

I don't think so.  It was a question another member asked me and I had no answer for them.

 

 

 

Common you had lots of friends

[dawei]

1 hour ago, liminal_luke said:

Now, when someone thanks me, my computer alerts me with a little ding.  If I happen to be on another page, a little notice appears at the bottom of my page alerting me to the activity.  That`s nice but I think we can take it further.  I think it should be like at a casino: multiple thanks should be like hitting the jackpot.  Lets add flashing lights, celebratory jingles, the sound of thousands of coins coming down the chute.

 

I noticed that when coming back online,  if there were 3 thanks to the same post, there is just one notification with all three names... in the past they showed three separate notifications.   Seems they want less fanfare in one way but more notification in another. 

 

[cheya]

Just noticed we don't seem to be able to see "name history" any longer...

[rene]

2 minutes ago, cheya said:

Just noticed we don't seem to be able to see "name history" any longer...

 

Mobile version can, lol. Do you like my new attire? Thought it might help with privacy.....but damn I keep sounding like myself. Oh well. (-: